Quarter of million people support overturn of the 'family farm tax'

The NFU said their campaign to overturn the family farm tax has attracted an increase of 50,000 signatures over just two days in the lead-up to and after the NFU's mass lobby of MPs in Westminster this week

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
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Quarter of million people support overturn of the 'family farm tax'

More than 250,000 people have backed the NFU's campaign to reverse the 'family farm tax', which it said signals to the Government that the public 'disagrees with the 'cruel, ill-thought-out policy.' ...

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